Sufficient knowledge of nucleic acids and molecular biology methods to understand nucleic acid sequence data and gene regulation.
Basics of molecular genetics; Transcription and translation; RNA splicing and alternative splicing; Gene regulation.
Assignments and/or essays; tutorial sessions
First half of the lectures.
One third of the total score.
Essay comprises one third of the total score.
Last half of the lectures.
Intermediate and final examinations on lectured topics and selected parts of the books below.
Watson-Baker-Bell-Gann-Levine-Losick: Molecular Biology of the Gene (6th Ed., 2008) ISBN 978-0805395921